Mark Hunt Wants Clause Added To UFC Contracts, 'Juicers' Don't Get Paid
Mark Hunt Wants Clause Added To UFC Contracts, 'Juicers' Don't Get Paid
UFC heavyweight slugger Mark Hunt continues to press his lawsuit against promotion for details surrounding Brock Lesnar fight.
Mark Hunt may be preparing for his next fight against Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night 110, but the heavyweight slugger has a bigger battle that hasn’t stopped rolling since last summer.
The “Super Samoan” suffered a unanimous decision loss to Brock Lesnar at UFC 200, but the outcome was eventually overturned to a “no contest” when the former heavyweight champion tested positive for banned substances. And while Lesnar marked the third consecutive PED riddled opponent Hunt had faced inside the Octagon, the WWE superstar’s case was different as the test he failed was pre-fight.
While news of Lesnar’s pre-fight drug test failure came out several weeks after the bout, Hunt contends the UFC knew of the situation and proceeded to allow him to fight on the mega-card. Hunt filed a lawsuit against the promotion and plans on seeing things through to a conclusion.
During a recent interview with Submission Radio, the legendary knockout artist talked about the situation in full.
“Like I said, this s*** is going all the way,” Hunt said. “These guys are gonna have to make this right, and not just with me, but with every fighter’s contract. I want the Mark Hunt clause put in their contract. I want every fighter’s contract to put in – if you are juicing, all their money should go to the other guy. If you’re both juicing, none of you guys should get money.
“People say, well why don’t you take 80 percent, blah blah blah? I say, okay, so me losing my life is 80 percent worth? No. They shouldn’t get anything. Cheaters don’t deserve any sort of money. He knew. These guys that cheat know that they’re gonna get into a fight three or four months down the track, so they premeditatedly know that they’re gonna fight, so they cheat. So it’s like someone trying to rob a bank. They’re planning it out, they premeditate, they go rob the bank and they get the money. It’s like what these juice heads are doing with fighting.”
Despite Hunt’s tense situation with the promotion he’s competed for since 2010, the New Zealand native has continued to press on with his competitive career. The 43-year-old suffered a knockout loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 back in March, and is now set to face “The Black Beast” on June 11 in Auckland.
Hunt is confident he has many reasons to remain on the warpath, and one of the biggest issues on his mind are the conversations he had with the UFC heading into the monumental event.
Hunt had his fair share of suspicions regarding Lesnar’s physique, and voiced them all, but claims those concerns fell on deaf ears.
The silence continued in the aftermath of the fight, and Hunt’s lawsuit was born.
“I spoke to Dana before all this s*** happened and said, ‘I need you guys to make this right. You promised [Brock Lesnar] was gonna be clean.’ I did say that he looked like he was juiced out of his brains, but I mean, he weighed less than me or I think 500 grams heavier than me and he still looked like he was three times my size.
“It’s just like I said, me even going on about steroids and everything, it’s illegal and they shouldn’t be doing them. And all I was trying to do is get an even playing field here these days. I still don’t think the UFC isn’t doing enough about this sort of s***. So a lot of the fighters I see are declining because they look like they were on the juice, and the next minute they’re not the same fighters. Well yeah, because they’re getting caught these days, these f***ing juice monkeys.”
The “Super Samoan” suffered a unanimous decision loss to Brock Lesnar at UFC 200, but the outcome was eventually overturned to a “no contest” when the former heavyweight champion tested positive for banned substances. And while Lesnar marked the third consecutive PED riddled opponent Hunt had faced inside the Octagon, the WWE superstar’s case was different as the test he failed was pre-fight.
While news of Lesnar’s pre-fight drug test failure came out several weeks after the bout, Hunt contends the UFC knew of the situation and proceeded to allow him to fight on the mega-card. Hunt filed a lawsuit against the promotion and plans on seeing things through to a conclusion.
During a recent interview with Submission Radio, the legendary knockout artist talked about the situation in full.
“Like I said, this s*** is going all the way,” Hunt said. “These guys are gonna have to make this right, and not just with me, but with every fighter’s contract. I want the Mark Hunt clause put in their contract. I want every fighter’s contract to put in – if you are juicing, all their money should go to the other guy. If you’re both juicing, none of you guys should get money.
“People say, well why don’t you take 80 percent, blah blah blah? I say, okay, so me losing my life is 80 percent worth? No. They shouldn’t get anything. Cheaters don’t deserve any sort of money. He knew. These guys that cheat know that they’re gonna get into a fight three or four months down the track, so they premeditatedly know that they’re gonna fight, so they cheat. So it’s like someone trying to rob a bank. They’re planning it out, they premeditate, they go rob the bank and they get the money. It’s like what these juice heads are doing with fighting.”
Despite Hunt’s tense situation with the promotion he’s competed for since 2010, the New Zealand native has continued to press on with his competitive career. The 43-year-old suffered a knockout loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 back in March, and is now set to face “The Black Beast” on June 11 in Auckland.
Hunt is confident he has many reasons to remain on the warpath, and one of the biggest issues on his mind are the conversations he had with the UFC heading into the monumental event.
Hunt had his fair share of suspicions regarding Lesnar’s physique, and voiced them all, but claims those concerns fell on deaf ears.
The silence continued in the aftermath of the fight, and Hunt’s lawsuit was born.
“I spoke to Dana before all this s*** happened and said, ‘I need you guys to make this right. You promised [Brock Lesnar] was gonna be clean.’ I did say that he looked like he was juiced out of his brains, but I mean, he weighed less than me or I think 500 grams heavier than me and he still looked like he was three times my size.
“It’s just like I said, me even going on about steroids and everything, it’s illegal and they shouldn’t be doing them. And all I was trying to do is get an even playing field here these days. I still don’t think the UFC isn’t doing enough about this sort of s***. So a lot of the fighters I see are declining because they look like they were on the juice, and the next minute they’re not the same fighters. Well yeah, because they’re getting caught these days, these f***ing juice monkeys.”